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Transgender Military Member Wages Legal Battle to Remain in the US Army
- Two weeks after the June 17 court order, the Trump administration is defying the ruling by indefinitely delaying transgender passport updates, barring travel for applicants.
- The judge found the policy conveys moral disapproval and likely violates the Equal Protection Clause; the administration appears to stall compliance deliberately.
- The ACLU's June 25 filing reveals passport offices' widespread refusal to process gender updates, with Seattle agents told to neither approve nor deny requests, violating the court order.
- Tens of thousands of transgender travelers face travel barriers due to government noncompliance, while Major Guerrero’s June 30 op-ed protests the policy’s discrimination.
- Two weeks after the June 17 court ruling, the Trump administration continues to stall, with the ACLU's motion to enforce compliance still pending.
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Thousands of LGBTQ+ veterans were supposed to get pardons. A year later, only 4 have succeeded
This article first appeared on The War Horse, an award-winning nonprofit news organization educating the public on military service. Subscribe to their newsletter. The email came last fall while James Harter was on vacation with his husband in Quebec City, Canada. He was checking his computer in their RV when he read the no-nonsense subject line: Certificate of Pardon. He had no idea just how uncommon that email was — but in the moment, none of …
I’m not the person you’d expect to oppose a ban on transgender troops
I enlisted in the United States Army in 2006 and have been an officer since 2013, serving in a variety of leadership positions. I am proud of my service and I care deeply about the Army. But this month I began the process of resigning in protest of President Trump’s executive order barring transgender people from the military.
Transgender military member wages legal battle to remain in the US Army
Since returning to office, President Donald Trump has signed more than 100 executive orders, including one that aims to block transgender people from serving in the military, because the administration believes anyone who lives as a gender other than the one assigned at birth is not living "an honorable" lifestyle.If the administration is successful in implementing this policy, as many as 4,200 transgender people could be forced to leave the U.S…
Trans troops slam 'horrific' US military ban days before it goes into effect
Trans members of the US armed forces have publicly deplored a “horrific” ban on military service, which goes into full effect next week. In the wake of an executive order signed by president Donald Trump in January, the Pentagon issued a policy that military personnel with a “history of gender dysphoria” were “morally unfit” to serve. A memo from defence secretary Pete Hegseth gave trans troops a deadline to leave voluntarily. Active-duty person…
Army Officer Resigns In Protest of Trump Policy, Defies Order to Keep Silent
From The NY Times opinion section I’m a Conservative Evangelical. I’m Done With the Army. I enlisted in the United States Army in 2006 and have been an officer since 2013, serving in a variety of leadership positions. I am proud of my service and I...
Trump Admin Appears to Defy Court Order Allowing Gender-Affirming Passports
Two weeks after a federal ruling affirmed that transgender people can update the gender markers on their passports — a policy that had been in place for years before the Trump administration began reversing those updates — the federal government appears to be defying the court order. Now, a source within the government familiar with the process tells Erin In The Morning they believe the non… Source
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